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3, 1931. i ALSTRAND 1,790,893

GARMENT FASTENER Filed July 8, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 awuemtoz Feb. 3,1931. F. K. ALSTRAND 1,790,893 I GARMENT FASTENER Filed Jul-y 8, 19292Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 6.

FIG. 8.

Patented Feb. 3,v 1931 UNITED STATES FELIX K- ALs'rnANn,

' GARMENT Application filed July 8,

This invention'relates to garment fasteners which are adapted to be usedin connection with the button holes or punched holes in a garment andpertains more particularly 6 to that class of fasteners in which awireor strip'of metal or other suitable material is bent to form arelatively flat base, having one or more loops projecting intermediatelytherefrom through the mentioned holes in the garment, said base beingpreferably covered by fabric or other coating to conceal the wiretherein. Y W a The main objectandfeature of my invention is to provide afastener of the character indicated Which is readily made from a piece.of wire or. metal strip and which may ---b.e sewed inplace'upon oneportion of a garment so as to prevent loss thereof and bring out:the'advantages of the fastener to the'utmost and useful. V I V VAnotherfeatureis' to make such a fastener jfreeufromhinged joints orloose members, and which may instead be bent over the edges of a buttonhole and have the advantages of fastenersotherwise madeof severalpartsQA; further feature is to form a strip or wire symmetricallyintoafastener so that it partakes of the symmetrical features of abutton, i the base of-thelfastener being. also made to --'resemble thebase of a button when desired by covering; the same with pads of fabricor ,-coating it with rubber, celluloid or any other poser .or inventionwill appear: more in detail .as this specification proceeds.

; part hereof:

t Fig.1 is a view of one form of my fastener I I which is provided withtwo loops, being also thereof. p s 7 Fig. 2 is a .view of a garment withthe fastener applied to one of a pair of corresponding portionsofsaidgarment and prefshown without any covering-for the base erablysewed thereon.

Fig. 3 is a similarfview with the fastener also render the samepermanently the material that suggests itself for such pure-v Otherfeatures and the variousadvantages In. the ccomp ny g drawings rltheirdisadvantages due to wearand tear.

PIATENTYOFFICIE! M 1929. serial No. 376,788. I

conceal the wirein the base;

.Fig. 6. is a simpleriformof the sa1neEfas-'60;.,

tener, shown as in Fig. 1* without: any base covering, but having hereonly one loop. 7 Fig. 7 sh'owsthe same simplified farm vwithacovered'base'as in Fig. 5. f a

Fig. 8 demonstrates the preferred manner of applyingthe same fastener toone portion of the'garment before shown. I

Fig. 9 is a front view of the same garment portion and reveals the projectingloop of the fastener.-

p F igJlOJshows' the garment with its corresponding portions held inassembled relation by means of the loop of the fastener which isbenthoriz0ntally down upon the garment. I

Throughout; the views the same reference -n'umeralsind1cate the fsame orduplicate parts. I Y

It is a common fault of collar buttonsand the like ,that theyareYrigidVa-nd press upon the throat or neck in anuncomfortable mark 80.ner, are easily dropped and lost,'-and in the case of buttons made oftwo; or more parts, same become worn or maladjusted so that theycease-to function properly. It is herein proposed :toeliminate thesetroubles by having a fastener which in some respects resembles a button,which is fastened tothe garment, and which has the advantages of twoorthree partsfasteners without any'of In the practice o fmyinvention 'apiece of metalstrip or. wire, for examp'le; of tinned 'iron,silv. eredcopper or the "like maybe bent into a general form as indicated at 1,where afpair'of enveloping branches'or arms 2, 2

form the outline of a'base lying in substantially the same plane-andterminate at their .outer extremities in the curved ends 3, 3. The

' intermediate parts of the wire are formed into iacpair of similarupright loops 5, 5-havi1'1g a low intermediate portion 6 lying betweenthem in the same general plane of the base formed by the branches 2, 2,while the latter connect with the loops by means of the short outersections 4, 4 which are both in the general plane of the base. Theseportions 4, 4 are not essential, as the loops can be spread out enough,or a third loop can be added so that they connect directly with thebranches 2, 2, or the latter can be drawn inward to meet the loops. 7

Onthe other hand, the fastener. can have but one loop as generallyindicated at'17 in Fig. 6, the arms or branche s;being ;here noted 18,18, terminating in ends 19, 19, and brought inat their other. ends to.form connecting members 20, 20 which are continuous'with'theintermediate loop 21 which they carry.

. Ifthe fastener 1 is again considered, the

same may be applied to a garment instead of a button or other fastener,the loops 5, 5 being then passed through a pair of holes punched forthem or through anor'dinary button hole. In Fig. 2 this fastener isthusplaced in position in the neck band end? of garment portion 8 sothatthe base formed .by the pa-rts 2, 2, 3, 3, 4,- 4, and 6 are'behind theneck band portion 7 and the .loops 5, 5 pass through the same at thenormal front button position, the fastener being then preferably sewedin place. When secured in this position, one-way of concealing thewire'portions forming the base is indicated in Figs. 2- and 3 where acovering flap12 is-arranged to be sewed over the base wires. garment, itcould be similarly treated and its base wires thus covered, if desired;7

However, the loops 5, 5 may now be passed by a user through the buttonhole 11 in neck band member 9 of the garment portion 10 as indicated inFig. 3, and if so desired,a collar may be added and the loops alsopassed through the button holes thereof as through 11.

V ,for example the fastener form 17. In this case, the final operationin usingthe fastener 1 is performed by bending up one loop and bendingdown the other, presenting the appearance indicated in Fig. 4. The loopsin this relation lie rather flat and are unobtrusive, and hold thegarment portions securely in assembled relation. In order to againrelease the garment members, it is obviously but necessary tobend backorstraighten the loops into their projecting position as at first, whenthey will nolonger hold the garment members by the b-uttonholes and theymay readily be drawn apart. 7

Ontheother hand, if the fastener form has one loop as at 17,-- thesame/may be passed through a smaller hole 23, unless a button holefalready efxistsin garment member 8 in the V neck bandportion 7, andwhen the neck band portion 9 isplaced over part7 and'the loop If thefastener 17 were secured to the Another fastener may then also be usedfor the rear of the neck band and collar, say

there passed through another small hole 24 unless a regular button holelike 11 is already made in the member. The loop 21 may be benthorizontally against the neck band portion 9 and will hold the garmentmembers assembled as before in the case of loops 5, 5. The mainprinciple isthe same in both cases, or even where three or four loopswould be used.

In order toenhance the appearance and utility of the fastener generally,I prefer also to cover the base with fabric, rubber,celluloi'd'orcomposition. In the case of branches 2, 2 .or ofbranches18, 18, a flat pad of such material at 13 may be placed under them and Iclaim 1. A garment fastener formed of Wire or strip including a baseportion arranged-to be secured to one of'a .pair of correspondinggarment members, and a'plurality of loops projecting intermediately fromsaid base portion and arranged to project through said other garmentmember and be bent in different directions over the same in orderto'hol'd said garment members in secure assembled relations r 2. Agarment fastener including a 'wire bent to form a pair of'envelopingbranches lying in the same plane generally, a pluralityof loopsinitially bent upward from said 7 branches in substantialalin'ement',and in-" termediate connecting wire links directlyconnecting each pair of adjacent loops-and also arranged insubstantially thesame 'general plane of said'branches', said-loops beingarranged to be simultaneously passed through button holes in'garmentsand bent independently into individual directions to provide a retainingeffect-subsequent to'theint'roduction ofsaid loops" in their initialcondition- 3. A. garment fastener'including a wire or strip bent at bothends to'form a, fastener base arranged in one general plane,'.and a loopdirectly connected intermediately to said base and'initi'ally bentupright "from the same,

said loop being adapted to bejpassed through a button hole in a garmentand thereafter 'bent over to provide airetaining'eflect.

' 4. A. garment fastener including -a wire or strip bent at both ends toform a fastener base arranged in one general plane," a loop directlyconnected intermediately to said base and initially bent upright from Vthe same, said loop being adapted to be passed through a'button hole ina garment and subsequently bent over to produce a retaining efiect, and

' means to cover and conceal said base.

5. A garment fastener formed of wire or v strip including one ormoreloops which are arranged upright upon a base-formed of the ends ofsaid wire orfstrip, said ends being bent about the same generalaxis inthe same rotative direction but upon opposite sides of said fastener,said one or more loops being arranged to be bent down upon said basedurs ing use, and a covering for said base to con-, ceal said wire endswhile exposing said one: -or more loops for manipulation anduseas:retaining means.

6. A garment fastener formed of a wire or' strip whose ends are bentinto a pair of en-- velopmg branches so as to constitute a baseadaptedto-be secured to one of a pair of' corresponding garment members, a loopdirectly integral with saidbranches and projecting initially in asubstantially upright position therefrom, said loop being arranged to bepassed through a button hole in the second ofsaid garment members andsubsequently bent over the same in order to pro- Vide a retainingeflect'. V

7. A garment fastener formed of wire or strip including a substantiallyplane base portion, and an upright intermediate member secured'directlyupon said base portion and adapted to be passed through'a garment memberand thereafter bent over the same to 4 provide a retaining efi'ect. w

FELIX K. ALSTRAND.

